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Apr 05, 1834 Forres, Scotland, United Kingdom Died on 01 Jun 1921 (aged 87)
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About Robert Rowand Anderson
- Sir Robert Rowand Anderson, (5 April 1834 – 1 June 1921) was a Scottish Victorian architect.
- Anderson trained in the office of George Gilbert Scott in London before setting up his own practice in Edinburgh in 1860.
- During the 1860s his main work was small churches in the 'First Pointed' (or Early English) style that is characteristic of Scott's former assistants.
- By 1880 his practice was designing some of the most prestigious public and private buildings in Scotland. His works include the Scottish National Portrait Gallery; the Dome of Old College, Medical Faculty and McEwan Hall, the University of Edinburgh; the Central Hotel at Glasgow Central Station, the Catholic Apostolic Church in Edinburgh and Mount Stuart House on the Isle of Bute for the 3rd Marquess of Bute.
